If you're an investor, then you owe a word of gratitude to the late Nobel Prize laureate Harry Markowitz and his work on Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT). The development and subsequent ...

Modern portfolio theory (MPT) and behavioral finance represent differing schools of thought that attempt to explain investor behavior. Perhaps the easiest way to think about their arguments and ...

In his song, Dangerous, Dr Busta Rhymes advised, “Floss a little, (but) invest in a mutual fund.” While Bus-a-Bus was clearly referring to the wisdom of investing with professional managers ...

If there’s one moment that changed the course of investing forever, it was in 1952, when Harry Markowitz published his seminal paper on modern portfolio theory (MPT). After studying how different ...

The recent and volatile twists and turns of today’s stock market undoubtedly have individuals confused as to where it might be headed next – and perhaps a bit nervous about their long-term ...

Rebecca Baldridge, CFA, is an investment professional and financial writer with over 20 years' experience in the financial services industry. In addition to a decade in banking and brokerage in ...